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I read his book, and it seems like his wife should take most of the credit for his survival. Too bad she doesn't seem to get recognition for what she had to go

• beersigns 9y ago
  Yeah, I've not delved deeply into the details of his life but that would make sense. Have to imagine she was there providing that day to day support and helped give him purpose.
• Someone 9y ago
  I’m not sure about the “most”, and she does get recognition. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-obituary https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawk...: ”It is clear that he owed a great deal to his first wife, Jane Wilde, whom he married in 1965 […]. Jane was exceptionally supportive of him in many ways. One of the most important of these may well have been in allowing him to do things for himself to an unusual extent.”
• alacombe 9y ago
  Don't forget about tech giants to design what is probably a multi-million dollar system which allowed him to speak/move. That was sure good marketing from Intel... https://www.wired.com/2015/01/intel-gave-stephen-hawking-voice/ https://www.wired.com/2015/01/intel-gave-stephen-hawking-voi...
• Sileni 9y ago
  If you watch the movie about his life, "The Theory of Everything", they make it really clear how much she held him together.